The Brookhaven leader., 1887-07-21
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

The Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege at Auburn, Ala, which was burned
June "a, with total loss of 10000; in
surance. $50, 600, is 10 be rebuilt at once.
The Duty States, Of New Orleans, sug-
gests that popular fund be started "for
monument to Admiral Raphael
Semmes, the commander Of the Confed-
crate cruiser Ala bama.'
Since the outbreak Of yellow fever at
Key West there have been TO present
writing eighty-three cases of the disease,
twentv-seven of which resulted fatally.
Thirty-three cases were under treatment.
Reporting yellow fever at Key West to
/ be only an emphatic type Of bilious fever
! seems to have made no difference with the
fatal results Of the disease.
| BY a premature explosion Of giant pow
der, while blasting rock on the Carolina
railroad near Catawba river, s. C., few
days ago, one white man and eight ne
/ groes were instantly killed.
1 Uncle Rollen A. Tolbert celebrated his
eighty eighth birthday recently by a big
/ dinner at the "Tolbert House" in Gold
village, Ga. His youngest brother Rich
ard Tolbert, aged seventy-two, and his
/ baby boy, Thomas, aged fifty-two, and his
| youngest grandson, aged nineteen, were
/ all present, and few intimate friends.
/ Uncle Roll, as he is familiarly called, is
IN goood health, and still sticks to the old
/ maxim: early to bed and early TO rise"
/ etc.
! The death of ex-Lieutenant Governor
/ L. j. Robinson, of North Carolina, is an
/ nounced.
An epidemic of f1ux is prevailing in sew
eral Virginia counties, with shocking
mortality, mainly among children.
/ Cf roir
/ for a heavy fall and winter traffic. The
! crops of Alabama, Georgia and South
/ Carolina are in better condition than they
! have been for ten years.
The Atlanta Constitution charges South
ern colleges with the custom of turning
out to many dyspeptic geniuses. Gym
nastics, it saws, should be introduced IN
to,the curriculum.
The work of builling the railway be-
tween Dublin and Savannah, Gu, is go.
ing on rapidly. Six hundred men are
employed on the work, which is progress
ing at the rate of one mile day.
/ Alligator hunting seems to be II ne sport
| in Florida. y Jacksonville paper re.
marks: "A PARTY of alligator hunters re-
turned last week from Lake Hancock
with 1872 hides and three pecks Of teeth"
! William Sykes, near Laota Landing,
Miss, was trying, few days ag7, TO i'm
pale minnow on his tishing-hook, when
it wrggled from his fingers and slipped
into his mouth and down his throat
After a hard struggle Rome, Ga, has
succeeded in gaining a victory for Prohi.
bition, the majority being 500
/ At a fire in the Methodist Church at
| Bowling Green, KY, few nights ago, a
fireman named Williams was killed by 9
big beam falling on his head The church
was destroyed, but the loss is small.
Adolph Fauche, Esq, of New Orleans,
died few days since at Clarksville
Tenn, where he and two daughters were
spending the summer. The wife Of the
deceased died suddenly at Ciarksville
! several weeks ago.
j. d. Peet a. Co, leading cotton brokers
of New Orleans, have suspended, owing
! to failure to receive reimbursements OF
margins A member of the firm said that
the assets largely exceed the liabilities,
and that resumption is a question Of but
a few days
At st. Augustine, Fla, the work of the
! restoration of the old cathedral will be
started Immediately; the cost of the work
! will reach at least $4,000. The quaint
Moorish belfry will remain as it is, but
the bells will not be used. A new steeple
and belfry will be erected, costing $4,000.
The trustees of the University of Ten.
nessee have elected Prof. G. S. Davis, OF
Colorado State University, Professor of
Agriculture and Prof. j. L. Newman, Of
TIE Ala bama Agricultural and Mechanical
College, Professor Of Natural History,
Prof Massie has resigned the chair OF
English and modern languages.
By the breaking of a scaffolding upon
,,lyfo N 40
ing of the House of Representatives. in
the South Carolina state-house, a few
days ago, four colored workmen were
thrown TO the floor, a distance of thirty
feet George Caldwell died from his in
iuries in ten minutes. Cyrus Jackson
Sam Cunningham and William Oliver
were all terribly bruised. Jackson was
not expected to live.
R. b. Chatham, Independent and Re
publican candidate for the Mississippi
Legislature, a few days since shot and
killed John S. Harkins, Jr., associate
editor of the Lexin gton Bulletin. Harkins
father is one of the Democratic nominees
for the Legislature. Chatham and young
HarEins hal been discussing politics ant
drinking beer during the day sp II
the time the dispute arose.
The Mississippi Valley Medical Associ
alton met few days since at Grail
Orchard Springs, KY, in its thirteenth
annual session. There was full attend
ance.
In the Circuit Court at Jackson, Miss.
j. e. Brown, an ex-saloon keeper, re
Gently plead guilty to the three charges
against him for violating the local optior
law. For the first offense he was fined
SIS and ten days in the county jail; for the
second, 800 and four months impris on
ment, and for the third, $500 and sir
months Imprisonment This is the frs
conviction under the local option law il
the county, and shows that offenders need
not expect much mercy.
l.. McPhail, of Cincinnati, was fosud
dead near the town bridge at Bardstown,
Ky., few days ago. Circumstances in
dicated that he was assaulted with knife
and club, and his body dragged to where
found When last seen alive he was in
company with Naaman Hoops, of New
London, o. The latter has been arrested
John c. Westertield left Owens boro
Ky., few nights ago to visit his siste
who lives ten miles in the country. He
was found at midnight ten miles out or
another road, in an insens BILE condition.
He had been waylaid and knocked from
his horse by unknown parties and left fol
dead. His lower lw was crushed tC
splinters, and he was kicked and beater
about the body in such a manner that his
death was inevitable. He has wife and
four children.
The 'Quakes are not done yet.
Ruth Fleming her brother and Joshus
Peoples, all colored, residing in Nash
villa Tam wera noisonad a few davl